In Character Chat 1

*Alex listened to Elli, and then smiled before saying, "that would be cool." He then ran his fingers through his hair, before listening to Elli talk about Rafe to Scorpius. After Scorpius left, he then said, "I just think that Scorpius means to cause trouble."

"That is all that boy ever does. He gets quite annoying somethimes..but, hopefully, there is no way for him to do so this year..but I have been wrong before"

*Alex nods. "He does. Hopefully this year he won't, though we'll just need to be on our guard."

*Takes out a chocolate frog, and opens it. Before the frog can hop away, he uses a charm that gives it the form of a chipmunk, though the hopping remained. He chuckled as it began to hop around on the ground.

Rafe eyes the chipmunk and then it hopped. He barked at it and started chasing it around.
Elli laughed, closing her book

*The chipmunk hops to one corner, and then begins to hop towards another corner. "Hopefully there will be nice weather at Hogsmeade for the first trip," said Alex watching the chipmunk hop around.

Rafe ran into the wall. He sneezed a few times then turned and pounced on the chocolate chipmunk, squishing it under his weight.

Elli smiled and then turned towards the window
"Yea..better than this rainy weather..though I do enjoy the rain

"Me too...as long as we don't get any tornadoes. I've heard what they can do in the Americas. Lightening is fascinating to watch." He then laughs when Rafe squishes the chipmunk.

Elli smile dand leaned back in the chair, uncurling her legs.
"Lightening is a very fasinating thing..nothing gbut pure energy"

"Exactly...its amazing," Alex said with a smile. He saw a lightening bolt blossom outside, and then heard the loud crack from the thunder.

Elli looked at Alex with a daring expression then stood up on silent feet and ran out the door, Rafe on ehr heals.
She ran into the cool rain.
E lli summoned a music player that would not be effected by the water and began to dance around.. Of course Rafe wanted to play so she splashed a puddle at his then ran after him...Next thing you seen in the window, Elli is runnin gwith Rafe chasing her.

It was fun..Elli laughed

*Alex smiled, and ran out too. He at first watched Elli play with Rafe. He then ran out towards them, and chased Rafe for fun as well.

Elli laughed again..Rafe was chasing both Elli and Alex now..It was a funny sight. He lifted up onto his back paws and stood braced against Elli, licking at her face. She fell to the wet grass under his weight and he started o Lick her...then knocked Alex over

*Scorpius was standing in a little shad by the entrance leaning in one of the beams. He watched the girl play in the rain. A small smile was playing on his lips. There was something beautiful about the scene. It was an early day although dark clouds made it seem like it was close to night. The rain was poring. Her hair turned into a dark mess, the dog was running next to her. She almost looked charming*

*Alex laughs as Rafe knocks him over and he lands on the ground near Elli. "This is fun. Its quite soothing feeling the rain fall down." The water begins to pool around him.

Elli let out a large breath, calming her laughing.
She closed her eyes as the water dropps fell on her face
"I cant remember the last time I did this..I think It was bwefore i came to Hogwarts.."
She smiled, her eyes still closed

"This is a lot of fun," he said with a smile. Closes his eyes, and lets the drops hit his face. "Its been a while since I did this."

*He let a small growl as both people collapsed on the ground. The grass was too tall and it was hard to see what they were doing.*

Elli sat up on her elbows, scratching Rafes head..her hair stuck to her face and she tried to smooth it back. Her music stopped playing.
"Too bad there wont be a lot of fun times like these..There will be too muhch school work for me im betting...that how it was last year"

"Hopefully times like this will arise," said Alex with a smile. He then reaches over and delicately moves her bangs out of her face.

*Unable to bare the scene any longer, Scorpius turned his back to the couple and looked to a different direction. The storm always amazed him*

Rafe had left Elli, seeing Scorpius through the rain. He sat down silently next to the boy, staring up at him with his large golden eyes.

Elli looked down with a small unnoticable blush. She stood up, looking up into the rain

*Alex smiled and looked around. He caught sight of a Thestral fly up to catch a bird before coming back into the trees.

*Without turning his head towards the wolf, Scorpius mumbled* What do you want, dog? Came here to eat me?

Rafe growled at the dog comment, but didnt move..

Elli raised her arms, mumbling
"I wish I knew how to fly...without a broom. I think it would be such a thrill..to be unbound by gravity or tools"

"That's true," said Alex with a smile, looking up into the rain-clouds. He remembered the time that he rode a hippogryff, and then thought about the thrill of being on a broomstick.